Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

The research papers presented in these proceedings volumes cover the latest developments and findings in the fields of mine health, safety, energy, waste management,reclamation and rehabilitation, mine closure and environmental protection.

The book describes the Ankarana plateau and its cave network in Madagascar, depicting the natural environment of the Plateau as well as the natural processes which created the cave network of more than 100km with many galleries, some are very large and draped with different cave formations and underground rivers are inhabited with crocodiles and giant eels.

This book gathers invited contributions from active researchers to provide an up-to-date overview of the geological setting of the Red Sea.

This book presents a compilation of findings, review and original works, on the tectonic evolution and structural detail of several terrains in India.

This book reviews the unique ecosystem of the Lake Skadar/Shkodra and its basin, and discusses the latest advances made in this region to face the impact of climate change.

This book focuses on the world's largest mangrove delta complex, located at Sundarban, a world heritage site, and on the relatively new and rapidly expanding scientific discipline of ichnology.

This proceedings book presents research papers discussing the latest developments and findings in the fields of mining, machinery, automation and environmental protection.

A non-technical (but serious) treatment of those parts of Earth history leading up to human history, as well as some pre-historical aspects of humanity.

This book explores the emerging field of political geology, an area of study dedicated to understanding the cross-sections between geology and politics.

This volume offers an overview of the state-of-the-art theoretical and practical approaches currently used for geophysical data interpretation.

This book discusses the theoretical and practical issues of glaciokarsts.

This book is the result of the work of the first international congress of the ArabGU (Arabian Geosciences Union) which took place in Algiers (Algeria) in February 2016.

This book presents the statistical analysis of compositional data using the log-ratio approach.

This book pioneers a novel approach to investigate the effects of pressure on fission tracks, a geological problem that has remained unsolved for 60 years.

This book aims at providing a brief but broad overview of biosignatures.

Carbon (C), Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P) are three of the most important elements used to build living beings, and their uptake from the environment is consequently essential for all organisms.

This unique volume discusses various aspects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the Aswan High Dam (AHD) including their positive and negative impacts.

This unique volume presents up-to-date information and the latest research findings on unconventional water resources in Egypt and their connections to agriculture.

This unique volume focuses on Egypt's conventional water resources and the main water consumer: Egypt's agriculture.

This unique volume offers an up-to-date overview of all the main aspects of groundwater in the Nile Delta and its fringes, as well as latest research findings.

This volume focuses on the reconstruction of past ecosystems and provides a comprehensive review of current techniques and their application in exemplar studies.

This book discusses the recession of alpine glaciers since the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA), which has been accelerating in the past decades.

This book focuses on the spatial distribution of landslide hazards of the Darjeeling Himalayas.

"e;There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing footsteps.

This volume describes physical, formal mathematical and exterior (morpho-structural) manifestations of wave dynamics of the Earth, defining both its deep structural image, and the external shape of planet.

Egyptian coastal lakes and wetlands are among the most productive wetland ecosystems in the world.

This monograph presents the state of art of the geologic knowledge about the Spanish coast obtained through scientific research in the last 30 years.

This book discusses existing and future global problems of physical, chemical, biological and societal origins faced by increasingly populated cities and mega-cities, and options to mitigate or eliminate them.

This book describes the Aguablanca Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposit, the first, and to date only, mineralization of this type in southwestern (SW) Europe.

This book serves as a guide to discovering the most interesting volcano sites in Italy.

This book offers up-to-date information on the impact of climate change on water resources in Slovakia, the occurrence of drought and floods, hazards and protection methods.

This volume presents up-to-date information on the status and assessment of water resources in Slovakia and methods for their development.

This book reviews the geochemical and petrological characteristics of potassic igneous rock complexes, and investigates the various tectonic settings in which these rocks occur.

This book analyses the state of the natural environment and the causes of its degradation using the biosphere approach.

This is the first book that analyses the future raw materials supply from the demand side of a society that chiefly relies on renewable energies, which is of great significance for us all.

The book thoroughly describes Iceland's geological development and its current geological processes, taking into account both geographic and geo-ecological aspects.

Despite significant development in earthquake analysis and design in the last 50 years or more, different structures related to industry, infra structure and human habitats get destroyed with monotonic regularity under strong motion earthquake.

This book focuses on Romania's more than 12,000 caves, which developed in limestone (including thermal water caves), salt, gypsum, and occasionally in sandstone.

This book offers a collection of papers presented in the International Conference on Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism and Rock Magnetism held in Kazan (Russia) in October 2017.

This edited book presents a novel collection of field-based empirical studies on the Quaternary geomorphology of the Lower Ganga Basin.

This GeoGuide provides an overview of the geology of Alno, combined with an up-to-date field itinerary.

This book presents findings from research into the Precambrian history of the Indian shield obtained using state-of-the-art technology.

This book reviews and assesses the various methodologies for site characterization and site effect estimation to carry out seismic zonation at micro and macro levels.

This book discusses how research efforts have established an organic link between pedology and edaphology of five pedogenetically important soil orders as Alfisols, Mollisols, Ultisols, Vertisols and Inceptisols of tropical Indian environments.

This book is focused on the basics of applying thermochronology to geological and tectonic problems, with the emphasis on fission-track thermochronology.

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the Quaternary geological and geomorphological evolution of the Coorong Coastal Plain region and its significance in a global context for understanding long-term records of Quaternary sea-level changes.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the nature of manifestation and general aspects of thermal springs of Odisha.

This book provides an information fusion model with information fusion theory, geographic information system technology and modern mathematical methods to evaluate the risks of groundwater inrushes from aquifers underlying coal seams.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of one of the oldest and best-exposed Archaean cratons on this planet.